On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks

There is a growing gap between infrastructure needs and available funding along the U.S.-Mexico border. A recent proposal to address the situation calls for the creation of a bi-national mechanism of bond financing to enable sub-national governments from both countries to issue bonds jointly. Creati...

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Main Authors: Salvador Espinoza, José Mojica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2012-12-01
Series:Norteamérica
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Online Access:https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/167
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description There is a growing gap between infrastructure needs and available funding along the U.S.-Mexico border. A recent proposal to address the situation calls for the creation of a bi-national mechanism of bond financing to enable sub-national governments from both countries to issue bonds jointly. Creating the legal infrastructure to attain this goal requires an evaluation of key aspects of existing regulations. It also calls for a discussion of the feasibility of regulatory harmonization. This article compares bond issuance rules and investor protection mechanisms in both countries and discusses how these differences may affect the viability of a bi-national bond mechanism.
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spelling doaj-art-ce65a7ea5f30425b9efb732e5636a6df2025-08-20T02:15:23ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoNorteamérica1870-35502448-72282012-12-017210.22201/cisan.24487228e.2012.2.167On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal FrameworksSalvador Espinoza0José Mojica1CIDE; San Diego State University's School of Public AffairsSan Diego State UniversityThere is a growing gap between infrastructure needs and available funding along the U.S.-Mexico border. A recent proposal to address the situation calls for the creation of a bi-national mechanism of bond financing to enable sub-national governments from both countries to issue bonds jointly. Creating the legal infrastructure to attain this goal requires an evaluation of key aspects of existing regulations. It also calls for a discussion of the feasibility of regulatory harmonization. This article compares bond issuance rules and investor protection mechanisms in both countries and discusses how these differences may affect the viability of a bi-national bond mechanism.https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/167U.S.-Mexicoborder infrastructuresub-sovereign bond marketsregulatory harmonization.
spellingShingle Salvador Espinoza
José Mojica
On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
Norteamérica
U.S.-Mexico
border infrastructure
sub-sovereign bond markets
regulatory harmonization.
title On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
title_full On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
title_fullStr On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
title_full_unstemmed On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
title_short On the Feasibility of a Bi-National Bond Financing Mechanism for Strategic Border Infrastructure: Reviewing the U.S. and Mexican Legal Frameworks
title_sort on the feasibility of a bi national bond financing mechanism for strategic border infrastructure reviewing the u s and mexican legal frameworks
topic U.S.-Mexico
border infrastructure
sub-sovereign bond markets
regulatory harmonization.
url https://www.revistanorteamerica.unam.mx/index.php/nam/article/view/167
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